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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s food police have struck again!
Outlawed are food donations to homeless shelters because the city can’t assess their salt, fat and fiber content, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer.
So a wine spy ended up at the state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron, and he informs us that the wines included a 2009 Peter Michael Chardonnay Ma Belle-Fille, Sonoma Valley, California (average price about $97), a 2008 Leonetti Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon, Walla Walla Valley, Washington (average price about $90) and a 2007 Iron Horse Vineyards Russian Cuvée (average price about $30). This will probably not please the White House:
I forget things, so I understand how it happens. I've left my car keys in the car. I've forgotten to take my cell phone to work. I've forgotten an occasional appointment or two. I forget to get things at the store that I go in knowing I needed. This here is a doozy, though:
Juxtaposition of the day. First, news of the implementation of new federal guidelines for school lunches, which are to include more veggies and less fat and, well, you know the drill:
Couch potatoes, arise! Er, make that, "Sit! Stay!"
As I may have mentioned here, or at least alluded to, I've been on a lifelong mission to create the perfect chili dog. I can't say I'm quite there yet, but thanks to a Christmas gift from my sister, I'm closing in on it.
Once in a while, I stumble across doing the right thing. Apparently, studies are showing that red wine has the most associated health benefits of any alcohol:
I was beginning to think PETA was on break since they've been so quiet this holiday season. Silly me:
Ah, who doesn't have fond memories of partying on the bar circuit till 2 a.m., then topping off the night at a greasy spoon for burgers and fries before stumbling home to get sick and wake up with a hangover? Now, we can do it all in just one place!
The White Castle hamburger chain is sipping on the idea of selling alcoholic beverages at its restaurants.
